Watson v. Cox
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before PruriFoy, J., Greenville, December, 1919. Action by Dora Cox Watson et al. against Samuel M. Cox et al. From decree the plaintiffs appeal from the allowance of the dower claim of Mrs. Annie Cox.
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Before PruriFoy, J., Greenville, December, 1919. Action by Dora Cox Watson et al. against Samuel M. Cox et al. From decree the plaintiffs appeal from the allowance of the dower claim of Mrs. Annie Cox. The defendant, Samuel M. Cox, appeals from the finding that the delivery of the deeds by him to his children was irrevocable, and three grandchildren, Gilmer, Mary and Marion Thompson, plaintiffs and defendants, appeal from the finding that a deed to them was void. cites: To sustain deeds it must affirmatively appear that intention was to irrevocably deliver them: 18 C. J., 208; 8 R. C. R..…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Acting Associate Justice Erank B. Gary.
This is an action in which the relief sought is the removal of a cloud on the alleged title of the plaintiffs to the land described; an adjudication that the plaintiffs own the fee in the lands; an injunction against S. C. Cox mortgaging or disposing of the said land; and a declaration that Mrs. Annie Cox has no claim of dower therein.
The case comes before this Court upon numerous exceptions to the decree of his Honor, the presiding Judge. Some of the exceptions are filed by the plaintiff and some by the defendant.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Merck v. MerckSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1909
- McAulay v. McAulaySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1913
- Brooks v. McMeekinSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1892
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